 | William Henry Venable - 1891 - 548 페이지
...building a fort, and perhaps a city, in his mind. " I -pent some time," he wrote, " in viewing the River, and the Land in the Fork: which I think extremely well situated for a Fort." Might not a sculptor make something striking of that ? — Young Washington, on horseback, at tiii'... | |
 | William Henry Venable - 1891 - 550 페이지
...building a fort, and perhaps a city, in his mind. " I spent some time," he wrote, " in viewing the River, and the Land in the Fork: which I think extremely well situated for a Fort." Might not a sculptor make something striking of that? — Young Washington, on Jiorseback, at the head-waters... | |
 | Joseph Solomon Walton, Martin Grove Brumbaugh - 1897 - 316 페이지
...rode to the forks of the Ohio, and waited for a canoe. "The land in the fork," says Washington, "is extremely well situated for a fort, as it has the absolute command of both rivers. . . . [It] is twenty-five feet above the common surface of the water, and a considerable bottom of... | |
 | David Henry Montgomery - 1901 - 744 페이지
...the waters of the Alleghany and the Monongahela unite to form the Ohio. "I spent some time," said he, "in viewing the rivers, and the land in the fork, which I think extremely well situated for a fort."395 He reported the military importance of the position to Governor Dinwiddie, and the Governor... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - 1903 - 1190 페이지
...Allegheny Valley, Washington visited the site of Pittsburg in November, 1753. He «rote in his journal: "I spent some time in viewing the rivers and the land in the forks, which I think extremely well situated for a fort, as it has absolute command of both rivers."... | |
 | Edward Channing - 1904 - 166 페이지
...to the Fork of the Ohio River, intending to cross the Alleghany there. In his journal he 25 wrote: "I spent some time in viewing the rivers and the land in the fork, which I think extremely well suited for a fort, as it has the absolute command of both rivers." The spot thus described was soon... | |
 | H. C. Stiefel - 1905 - 264 페이지
...to have their flag flying there. Washington wrote about the site as follows, in his journal in 1753: "As I got down before the canoe I spent some time...situated for a fort, as it has the absolute command of the two rivers. The land at the point is 25 feet above the common surface of the water, and a considerable... | |
 | Sarah Hutchins Killikelly - 1906 - 694 페이지
...baggage, to meet us at the forks of the Ohio, about ten miles below, there to cross the Allegheny. As I got down before the canoe I spent some time in...absolute command of both rivers. The land at the point is about twenty-five feet [ 8 ] above the common surface of the water, and a considerable bottom of flat... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - 1906 - 936 페이지
...Allegheny Valley, Washington visited the site of Pittsburg in November, 17 53. He wrote in his journal: "I spent some time in view-ing the rivers and the land in the forks, which I think extremely well situated for a fort, as it has absolute command of both rivers."... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - 1906 - 936 페이지
...Allegheny Valley, Washington visited the site of Pittsburg in November, 17 53. He wrote in his journal: "I spent some time in viewing the rivers and the land in the forks, which I think extremely well situated for a fort, as it has absolute command of both rivers."... | |
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As I got down before the canoe, I spent some time in viewing the rivers and the land in the fork, which I think extremely well situated for a Fort, as it has the absolute command of both rivers. 
